A complication of peroral bronchoscopy.

Bronchoscopy and Oesophagoscopy. A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery

بررسی نتایج کوله سیستکتومی لاپارسکوپیک در بیمارستان‌های شفیعیه و ولیعصر زنجان طی سال‌های 1381 تا 1383

Background and Objectives: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a non- invasive method in surgery is becoming common leading to brilliant results and reduction of costs. Numerous studies have investigated this method with different results. Regarding the establishment of this surgery method in Zanjan and lack of accurate data concerning the results the present study was conducted to evaluate the res...

Bronchoscopic Aspects of Early Bronchiectasis

DURING the past three decades peroral endoscopy has advanced from an occasional, spectacular method of foreign body extraction to a commonly employed diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. This is readily evinced by the fact that at present foreign body extraction comprises only 2 per cent of the cases in which bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy are performed 1. The universal interest and developmen...

Upward migration and peroral extrusion of a peritoneal shunt catheter: Case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND Various complications after ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery have been reported, but peroral extrusion of peritoneal catheter is an extremely rare complication, and only 20 cases have been reported since 1987. The pathophysiology still remains unclear and the management is challenging. CASE DESCRIPTION A 5-year-old boy presented with a catheter coming out of his mouth. The b...

Uvular necrosis as an unusual complication of bronchoscopy via the nasal approach.

Bronchoscopy can cause post-procedural throat discomfort due to oropharyngeal irritation. We report a rare complication of bronchoscopy that resulted in similar symptoms. A 30-year-old man complained of severe throat discomfort a day after bronchoscopy. Examination revealed a swollen, elongated uvula. The lower half of the uvula was completely white, consistent with uvular necrosis. He was mana...